Ecstasy-related deficits in the updating component of executive processes

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 495-511

  Montgomery, Catharine ^a   Fisk, John E ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecstasy; Executive function; MDMA; Memory

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL FUNCTION; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SPATIAL MEMORY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE;

EID: 51049106557     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: 10991077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hup.951     Document Type: Article

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